Winter Storm Warning/Winter Weather Advisory BMX

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
319 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
AMPLE AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO ALABAMA. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN EASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL PUSH A DRY AND COLD AIR
INTO ALABAMA FROM GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE ALOFT MOVING
OVER COLDER AND DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT FREEZING RAIN
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN ALABAMA.

ALZ017>021-026>029-038-291000-
BLOUNT-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-CLAY-CLEBURNE-ETOWAH-RANDOLPH-
ST CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
319 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO LIKELIHOOD
OF A FREEZING RAIN EVENT. COLD RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...SO NO TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED
BEFORE SUNSET. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THIS EVENING AS THE
RAIN FALLS INTO DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PROCESS...CALLED
EVAPORATIVE COOLING...WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO FREEZING
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BE NEAR
OR JUST BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING...MEANING ANY RAIN
THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE ON IMPACT. AT THIS TIME...ICE ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...AND OVER-PASSES.
ANY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVER-PASSES WILL
MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

LATEST UPDATES MAY ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV...CLICK ON CENTRAL ALABAMA.

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ALZ024-025-036-037-047-291000-
COOSA-JEFFERSON-LEE-SHELBY-TALLAPOOSA-
319 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY AREA HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO
POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. COLD RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET...
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...SO NO TRAVEL
PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT AS
THE RAIN FALLS INTO DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PROCESS...CALLED
EVAPORATIVE COOLING...WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR
FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE
NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...MEANING
SOME OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS MAY FREEZE ON IMPACT. AT THIS TIME...
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS
SATURDAY MORNING.

MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
TREES...POWER LINES...AND OVER-PASSES. ANY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVER-PASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT
TIMES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

LATEST UPDATES MAY ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV...CLICK ON CENTRAL ALABAMA.